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Ultradog MN 11-12-2012 17:35:54 184.100.111.20 Report to Moderator	Madam, You are not gonna like my post. The tractor got stuffed into the quonset shed because like scores of engines I have seen 'rebuilt' on this board the owner didn't do it right and it hammered noisely. So he shoved into a corner, dropped off the radar on this board and subsequently perished with the tractor being a disapointment at the end. That's the bad news. The good news is the whole top end might be fresh and all you gotta do is regrind the crank and make the bottom good. That's a lot cheaper than a full rebuild. Dunno what your circumstances are - if you bought a pig in a poke or you aint bought it yet or the tin and paint and tires are nice but the motor hammers. Depending... I wouldn't despise a tractor that hammers but I would adjust the price to suit. I bought a tractor once that had the crank broke clean in half. It was a very good tractor otherwise but the crank dumped the sale price and I bought it accordingly. [Reply]   [No Email]
Lisa K 11-13-2012 09:14:43 24.111.157.135 Report to Moderator	Re: 51 8n in reply to Ultradog MN, 11-12-2012 17:35:54   Ultradog MN, yes we bought it a few months ago. There is no cancer on any of the tin. Has ford script fenders, had the original air cleaner jar still on it, the rear tires were like brand new tread but some weather checking on some sort of custom made rim and way too big 14-26 or something like that, but we got the original rear rims and purchased a set of new 11-28 tires, one original tire and rim on the front, got the other original rim for the front, for 700. kinda makes me nervous as we purchased 2 other non runners to get going again. I suppose next time one should prime the oil pump first? It is our first with a side mount so we had planned to keep this one and sell 3 others. But i'm sure even if we do have to rebuild the entire engine we wouldnt loose money on the deal if we ever sold it. The proofmeter has just over 1600 hours on it, and yes the meter still works. [Reply]  [No Email]